Read more author stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8638/author.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:29:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74522/new-books-do-carver-justice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo new books on Raymond Carver—a biography and a collection of stories—bring a "welcome and necessary corrective" to what we know of the short story master, writes Stephen King. Carol Sklenicka's A Writer's Life cuts Carver too much slack for his personal life—he was a "sometimes dangerous"...http://www.newser.com/story/74522/new-books-do-carver-justice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71801/palin-memoir-a-gift-to-booksellers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin’s memoir is expected sell so well that it will singlehandedly boost the fortunes of the ailing book business. The book is already topping preorder lists, and publisher Harper plans an extensive slate of promotional appearances to make full use the former Alaska governor's drawing power. "They may feel...http://www.newser.com/story/71801/palin-memoir-a-gift-to-booksellers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 14:39:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70631/gore-vidal-hillary-wouldve-been-the-better-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGore Vidal is 83 and uses a wheelchair now, but the legendary American writer hasn't lost any of his strong opinions—not least on Barack Obama, who is doing "dreadfully" and has "fucked up" health reform. Vidal supported Obama after originally backing Hillary Clinton, but now thinks she'd be the...http://www.newser.com/story/70631/gore-vidal-hillary-wouldve-been-the-better-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 8:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70506/danielle-steel-aide-fesses-to-400k-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA long-time assistant has pleaded guilty to embezzling $400,000 from best-selling romance queen Danielle Steel. Kristy Watts admitted depositing checks for Steel into her own bank account and using the author's credit card points to obtain gifts and airline tickets. Steel, who has written 76 best-selling novels, claims Watts...http://www.newser.com/story/70506/danielle-steel-aide-fesses-to-400k-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 6:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70117/nader-obama-is-weak-waffling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an interview with Time to plug his new book, Ralph Nader doesn't mince words when asked his opinion of President Obama: "Weak. Waffling, wavering, ambiguous, and overwhelmingly concessionary." So does this mean we can expect another Nader run? "It's too early to say. One thing is I always want...http://www.newser.com/story/70117/nader-obama-is-weak-waffling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 13:08:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69792/palin-wont-dine-with-journo-even-for-60000.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA journalist willing to fork over $60,000 for a dinner with Sarah Palin found himself frozen out of a charity auction at the last minute, the Huffington Post reports. Joe McGinnis, a Palin critic who wrote a piece last fall slamming her handling of Alaska's gasline, slipped through the...http://www.newser.com/story/69792/palin-wont-dine-with-journo-even-for-60000.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 7:28:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66205/on-the-waterfront-writer-schulberg-dead-at-95.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLegendary Hollywood screenwriter Budd Schulberg has died, the New York Times reports. He was 95. Schulberg, who won an Oscar for On the Waterfront in 1955, was the son of a movie mogul and grew up as a Hollywood insider. His 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run? , a scathing look...http://www.newser.com/story/66205/on-the-waterfront-writer-schulberg-dead-at-95.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 4:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65752/this-is-your-best-shot-to-finish-a-pynchon-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThomas Pynchon's back with what appears to be his most accessible novel yet, in the unlikely category of detective fiction. Critics reviewing Inherent Vice say he pulled it off: Laura Miller, Salon: It's "a sun-struck, pot-addled shaggy dog story that fuses the sulky skepticism of Raymond Chandler with the good-natured...http://www.newser.com/story/65752/this-is-your-best-shot-to-finish-a-pynchon-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 13:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65553/loner-author-charts-his-own-course.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthor William T. Vollmann is an odd bird—“a loner, a bit of a recluse,” Charles McGrath writes in the New York Times , “and a throwback: a wandering, try-anything writer-journalist in the tradition of Steinbeck or Jack London.” And his new book, Imperial , about Southern California, illegal immigrants, and water,...http://www.newser.com/story/65553/loner-author-charts-his-own-course.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 15:46:58 CDT